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Modeling the impact of a snow avalanche on a structure: An experimental investigation

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The problem of the interaction of a high-density moving snow mass with various obstacles is examined.

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    I. E. Shurova & Yu. L. Yakimov

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Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No.4, pp. 13–17, May–June, 1993.

The authors are grateful to Ts. I. Stavskii, A. I. Denisov and the other participants in the experiments.

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Shurova, I.E., Yakimov, Y.L. Modeling the impact of a snow avalanche on a structure: An experimental investigation. Fluid Dyn 28, 440–443 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01342676

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